EARN YOUR CERTIFICATE IN DUBAI
About the Program
The Educational Technology Certificate Program is designed to prepare and teach in-service K-12 teachers and administrators how to use and teach with computer technology. The emphasis is on enabling teachers to change their practice of teaching in positive ways. To do so, teachers learn new instructional and pedagogical strategies and learn ways that technology can enhance and support the learning process. Participants have the opportunity to improve their own skills in the use of technology, including Web 2.0 technologies, foster learning with technology, and develop approaches for teaching others using technology.
A Model for Success
For the past 12 years, the College of Education has offered a 3-course, 9-credit graduate program resulting in the receipt of an Educational Technology Certificate. Credits from the certificate program can be applied toward the Master of Arts degree in Educational Technology. To accommodate teachers' busy schedules, MSU offers this program in school districts in Dubai in the evenings and on weekends. The entire program can be completed in just nine months. To date, more than 2,000 teachers and administrators have completed the program.
Benefits to Students, Teachers, Schools and Districts
The aim of the certificate program is not only to help individuals gain skills in using the hardware and software generally available in their institutions, but to help them use it in ways that result in observable gains in student learning. All course assignments require teachers to create authentic work that is appropriate to their discipline and that can be immediately integrated into their classroom to improve student achievement.
Certificate Requirements
The courses for this program are offered through MSU's College of Education and are part of the Counseling, Educational Psychology, and Special Education Department. The courses are:
- CEP 810: Teaching for Understanding with Computers
Teachers learn about software tools and innovative technology, such as the World Wide Web, and how they apply them to the educational environment. They begin to develop their own portfolio of products and strategies showing how they would use these tools with students and in educational settings. - CEP 811: Adapting Innovative Technologies to Education
Teachers learn to apply instructional principles and methods to educational problems and to develop individualized media and computer applications for use in a professional setting. Teachers also adapt advanced software options to promote learning. They will continue to work on their own portfolio. - CEP 812: Applying Educational Technology to Problems of Practice
Teachers define, implement, and evaluate technology-based solutions to educational problems and opportunities in school settings. Building on the work completed in CEP 810 and 811, they again add to their portfolio of applications of technology to the educational setting.
Documents amd Prerequisites Required:
- Education: the student should have obtained a bachelor's degree or an equivalent to a university undergraduate degree. Please include legalized/attested documentation of evidence from the country of origin and UAE embassy/consulate in your application packet
- TOEFL: a minimum of 79 on the Test of English as a Foreign Language
- No GRE is required to enroll in the program
- If issuing a visa is needed, then the student has to submit all official identification documents
- Must currently be working as a K-12 in-service teacher or administrator
Master's in Educational Technology
The Master's in Educational Technology may also be offered in Dubai starting in August 2009. Participants in the Certificate program are also welcome to complete the Master's in Plymouth, England.
Contact Us Today
To learn more about MSU Dubai you can visit http://dubai.msu.edu. We are currently in the process of selecting schools to offer the program and setting course dates and times. If you would like to learn more about the program or are interested in applying please contact us at:Myra Khattab
Outreach Coordinator
Educational Technology Certificate Program
MSU Dubai, Block No.10, Dubai International Academic City
Ground Floor, P.O. Box 345001
M: +971.50.4744234
E: khattaba@msu.edu